TCM 中醫(yī)

　　中醫(yī)名著 famous TCM work

　　《黃帝內經》 Huang Di’s Classic of Internal Medicine / Yellow Emperor's Canon of Traditional Chinese Medicine

　　《神農本草經》 Shennong’s Herbal Classic

　　《本草綱目》 Compendium of Materia Medica

　　《易經》 I Ching; Book of Change

　　萬物人為貴 nothing compares to a human life

　　救死扶傷 healing the sick and saving the dying

　　陰陽 yin-yang, the two opposing and complementary principles in nature

　　相生相克 mutual generation and restriction

　　對立制約 mutually opposing and constraining

　　互根互用interdependent and mutually promoting

　　相互轉化mutually transformational

　　新陳代謝 metabolism

　　針灸 acupuncture

　　針刺療法acupuncture

　　艾炙療法 moxibustion

　　推拿 medical massage

　　穴位acupuncture point

　　針刺麻醉 acupuncture anesthesia

　　綜合醫(yī)院 general hospital

　　中醫(yī)部 TCM section/ department

　　拔火罐療法 (Chinese) cupping therapy

　　刮痧療法skin scraping therapy with water, liquor or vegetable oil

　　理療 physical therapy

　　切脈 feeling the pulse

　　偏方folk prescription

　　秘方 secret prescription (normally of excellent curative effect)

　　祖?zhèn)髅胤?secret prescription handed down from one's ancestors

　　陰陽五行學說 the theory of yin-yang and five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth)

　　心 heart

　　肝 liver

　　脾spleen

　　胃stomach

　　肺 lung

　　腎 kidney

　　內傷七情 (喜、怒、憂、思、悲、恐、驚) internal causes (joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear and surprise)

　　外感六淫 (風、寒、暑、濕、燥、火) external causes (wind, cold, heat, wetness, dryness and fire)

　　中藥四性 four properties of medicinal herb

　　寒cold

　　熱hot

　　溫warm

　　涼cool

　　中藥五味five tastes of medicinal herb

　　酸sour

　　苦bitter

　　甜sweet

　　辣spicy

　　咸salty

　　按摩message therapy

　　減肥 lose weight

　　經絡 main and collateral channels inside human body; meridian

　　食補保健maintain good health through the intake of nourishing food

　　太極拳 Tai chi quan; Tai chi Chuan; Taijiquan boxing

　　延緩衰老 to defer senility

　　藥典pharmacopoeia

　　有機整體 an organic whole

　　瑜珈 yoga

　　中國古代藥王神農氏 Shennong, herbal medicine master of ancient China

　　醫(yī)學會 Chinese Medical Association

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